Our People

Abhinav is also experienced in the areas of licensing and trusts. He has independently led due-diligence teams at target companies and negotiated relevant contractual documentation including share purchase, business transfer and asset transfer agreements. He has a sufficient understanding of tax laws to assist in the efficient structuring of particular transactions. Abhinav is an integral part of the regulatory and licensing team of the firm including on issues relating to FEMA, SEBI, Legal Metrology, Drugs and Cosmetics Laws, Telecom and Defence.

Abhinav holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. He is admitted as a member of the Bar Council of India and is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Aditi Awasthy has been practising as a dispute resolution / litigation lawyer for more than 11 years. As a Dispute Resolution / Litigation lawyer, she has worked on various kinds of matters involving interesting questions of law relating disparagement of products, Infringement of trademark, mediation in relation to disputes involving infringement of trademark, winding up matters, Insolvency & Bankruptcy matters, arbitrations arising out of commercial contracts, consumer matters, service matters, writ petitions, defending recovery suits before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, Bombay High Court, District Courts in Bombay and Delhi, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, National Green Tribunal, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Arbitral Tribunals, and various other forums.

Agnes provides advisory services on title of projects and also renders documentation and advisory services for  development, redevelopment, SRA project etc. in the course of development and for acquisition and sale of real estate.

As part of Trademark and Copyrights practice, Agnes does advisory work with regard to protection of rights and due diligence of liability of the client including documentation for registration assignment and licensing of work generally to various industries including media and entertainment. Further, for general contracts, she advises clients on structuring transactions, mergers and acquisitions and general commercial contracts. She has significant experience in commercial documentation and drafting transactional and other agreements and has also rendered services in matters related to personal law like drafting of Wills, Family Arrangement, obtaining of Probate etc.

She  qualified as solicitor from the Bombay Incorporated Law Society in 1995 and solicitor from Wales, London (non-practicing) in 1996 . Agnes  holds a Bachelor degree in Arts, Bachelor in Law and Post Graduate Diploma In Journalism from Mumbai University.

His experience includes advising corporate on foreign investment, employment and labour laws and legal / regulatory compliance for clients in various sectors.  Prior to joining Dua Associates, Akash was actively involved in litigation and arbitration including engagements on behalf of major public sector undertakings.  He also has experience in managing a large international commercial arbitration in India. He also attended The Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands.

He heads the Japan Practice in Dua Associates and specializes in assisting Japanese companies to invest and operate in India. He lived in Japan for eight years, is fluent in the Japanese language, and is also familiar with Japanese social customs and business practices.

In Japan, Alok served as an in-house lawyer for Chiyoda Corporation, Tokyo, and developed special expertise in international construction contracts. In India, he has advised several leading Japanese companies on corporate, commercial and business laws with special emphasis on foreign and domestic investment, joint-venture formations, incorporation, merger & acquisition and corporate restructuring. He has also assisted Japanese companies in contractual negotiations, dispute management, business strategizing as well as gaining an understanding of the Indian business environment, customs and practices.

Alok holds a Bachelor’s in History (honors) from St. Stephen’s College. He also received a two year fellowship to study Japanese Business Management & Practices at the Hiroike Institute, Kashiwa, Japan.

Aman is a litigating lawyer and has extensive experience in different fields of law including constitution, criminal law, contracts & agreements, securitization law, alternative disputes resolution mechanisms, rent laws, land acquisition, taxation (both direct & indirect), negotiable instruments, labour, human rights, service law, consumer protection, transfer of property, revenue, land laws and corporate law. He frequently appears before different courts/commissions/tribunals including DRT & NCLT and other statutory authorities in both civil and criminal matters.

Aman was also on the panel of Official Liquidator attached to the Punjab & Haryana High Court wherein he represented the Official Liquidator in various Winding up proceedings and collateral issues related thereto. Aman served as Additional Advocate General Punjab from November 2012 to March 2016 and defended the State Government in Land Acquisition, Revenue, Service, Education / Admission, Constitution, Tender, Labour and other matters. Aman has been on the High Court panel for HUDA, HSIIDC, Panjab University and Chandigarh Administration. Aman has been regularly appearing before the National Company Law Tribunal Chandigarh Bench which was established in June 2016. He worked as a Partner from April 2016 to March 2020 and resigned thereafter to take up his current assignment as Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Aman is a ‘Of Counsel’ of the Firm.

Ami Ranjan is a corporate lawyer and primarily advises foreign companies to invest and operate in India. His experience includes advisory in matters relating to corporate laws, foreign exchange laws, real estate, labour laws, establishment of subsidiaries and other legal presences in India, formulating entry strategies for setting up businesses in India etc. He has also handled M&A and joint venture transactions.

Prior to joining Dua Associates, Ami Ranjan was working with a reputed law firm in Delhi and handled corporate and commercial profile and also advised clients on project finance and infrastructure transactions. He was also engaged in some of the litigation and arbitration matters in his last firm.

He is the former Financial Advisor (Acquisition) & Additional Secretary and Member Defence Procurement Board, Ministry of Defence. During his career with the Indian Defence Accounts Service, spanning thirty five years, he worked in various capacities in the Defence Accounts Department and on deputation to the Central Vigilance Commission as Commissioner for Departmental Inquiries.

During his tenures with the Ministry of Defence he was associated with all financial and contractual matters related to procurement of goods and services for the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, Special Forces Command and the Army Ordnance. He also handled defense plans and budget from 2005 to 2011. As Financial Advisor (Acquisition), he handled all financial matters related to capital procurements for the services and the Coast Guard.

He chaired the committee that reviewed and drafted the Defence Procurement Manual, 2009 and its supplement of 2010. He was associated with the review of the Defence Procurement Procedure 2011 and deliberations held in the Ministry of Finance on the draft of the Public Procurement Bill, 2012. He was also closely associated with the formulation of the new Defence Offset Guidelines of 2012. He was co-chair of the forum set up to review the progress of all procurement cases under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme of the US Government. He was also a member of the Indo-Russian working group on procurement related issues.

Amit Cowshish holds MA and M Phil degrees in Political Science from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and an LL B degree from the Delhi University. He is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi.

He has attended National Security & Strategic Studies course at the National Defence College and the Advanced Programme in Public Administration at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, both at New Delhi.

He writes for various defense journals and websites on issues related to offsets, life-cycle costing, defense industrialization, procurement procedures, defense planning and budgeting. He is on the editorial board of the defense journal ‘India Strategic’ and the advisory board of another defense journal ‘DefProAc’.

His experience spans various industry sectors and his clients have included both public and private sector companies. He has a particular interest and experience in the laws of commercial arbitration and mediation.

Amit has significant experience handling large and complex cases in various jurisdictions; he presently leads the firm’s practice before the Supreme Court of India and also appears before the various High Courts and District Courts, as well as numerous special interest courts and tribunals.

Amit is also actively involved in domestic and International Commercial Arbitrations including proceedings related to construction of oil & gas drilling and production platforms, civil construction and engineering contracts and commercial disputes arising out of service contracts and Joint Ventures.

He was admitted as Advocate-on-Record with the Supreme Court of India in 2001.

Amit holds an honors degree in Commerce from the University of Delhi.

Amitabha Sahoo, Head of Billing, is an extremely experienced employee with a track record of over 32 years . He has been with Dua Associates since the inception of the firm. As a department head, he has a key role in nurturing talent and has been widely recognised by his colleagues for his sound  financial advice, leadership skills and quick problem-solving abilities.

He is a dispute resolution lawyer based at our Gurgaon Office. He is regarded by his clients for his ability to find constructive and innovative solutions to complex legal issues. He actively advises government enterprises, international and domestic corporations, and individual clients on a variety of legal matters.

He has vast experience in civil, commercial and corporate litigation pertaining to contracts, company law, constitutional law, consumer law, debt recovery law, dishonor of cheques, environmental law, foreign exchange law, labour and employment law, land acquisition law, intellectual property law and real estate/property law. He regularly appears before the Supreme Court, various High Courts, District Courts and Tribunals. He also has valuable experience in commercial arbitrations.

Aniketh’s core expertise of practice area is Commercial and Contract Law, Debt Recovery and Banking Law, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Constitutional Law. He also practices in the area of Civil and Criminal Law, and Labour and Employment Law. Aniketh has experience in appearing before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, District Civil Courts, Magistrate and Sessions Courts, Debt Recovery Tribunals, Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals, National Company Law Tribunals, Industrial Tribunal and Labour Courts, and Consumer Forums.

Anil advises on project finances, investments and diverse banking and finance related issues. As part of the corporate and commercial practice, he advises clients on structuring of transactions, regulatory approvals, security enforcement remedies, mergers and acquisitions, setting up of companies, joint venture companies and other transactional advice. As part of real estate and infrastructure practice, Anil advises on transfer of immovable properties and documentation on infrastructure projects.

He has been involved with several matters involving formulating, negotiating and implementing structures for foreign investments and acquisitions and has conducted legal due diligence exercises for clients for diverse purposes. He has  considerable experience in commercial documentation and drafting of transactional and other agreements. Additionally, Anil has handled various arbitration and litigation matters involving general commercial disputes to constitutional matters .

Anil qualified as a solicitor from the Bombay Incorporated Law Society in 1998.He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws from Bombay University.

Anirudh Arunkumar is an alumnus of Gujarat National Law University, having graduated in 2011, and has been with Dua Associates, based out of its New Delhi office, since then. With his primary practice areas being Dispute Resolution and General Corporate Advisory, Anirudh has represented the firm’s clients before Courts and Tribunals across the country, and specifically before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi and Bombay High Courts, and various benches of the National Company Law Tribunal. His focus areas include banking law and general commercial transactional laws, advising clients on various transactions and representing them in arbitration and litigation arising therefrom. Anirudh is also part of litigation in several civil suits and trials invoking original jurisdiction of trial courts and some High Courts.

Anish has been involved in several matters advising on formulating, negotiating and implementing structures for foreign investments and acquisitions. He has advised on mergers and acquisitions, setting up of wholly owned subsidiaries, joint venture companies, software companies, special purpose vehicles, takeover code and stock exchange related matters and transactional advice. This has included recommendations on tax-efficient structures for establishing business presence in India consistent with the prevailing tax regime and the provisions of applicable double taxation agreements, conduct of business operations in India, statutory compliances required under companies act, labour laws, environmental laws, food safety and standards.

He has conducted several legal due diligence exercises in connection with matters involving acquisitions of assets, business and shares of (listed and unlisted) companies. He has worked on domestic IPO and rights issue matters and private equity transactions.

Anish has extensive experience in commercial documentation and drafting of transactional and other agreements including joint venture agreements, know how & technical collaboration / licensing agreements, shareholders agreements, share purchase agreements, business transfer agreements, non-compete agreements, escrow agreements, franchisee and distributorship agreements, agency agreements, framework agreements, channel partner agreements, end user license agreements, software development agreements, leases, leave & license agreements, agreements for built-to- suit facilities, development agreements, building & construction agreements.

On intellectual property matters, Anish  has advised on licensing and assignment of intellectual property, protection of confidential information, software and data protection, and drafting of necessary agreements. In labour law matters, he has advised on employee benefit trusts, employment and service contracts, stock option schemes, voluntary retirement schemes, provident funds, gratuity and related employee benefits, and in the drafting of required documentation. In real estate matters, he has advised on title investigations and reports, purchase, leasing, sale and lease-back arrangements of commercial property and on the applicable stamp duties and registration procedures. He has taken part in matters in advising the Union Government in certain important projects on privatization of public sector undertakings.

Legal professional for the past 21 years. Areas of expertise include civil and commercial litigation before the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)  etc. Specific areas of practice: Real Estate Law, Insolvency Law, Arbitration, Civil and Commercial litigation.

Ashish  is a corporate lawyer  practicing  primarily in the areas of company law, securities, regulatory law and policy, foreign direct investment and foreign exchange laws. Ashish has undertaken various assignments involving setting up of companies in India, legal due diligences, drafting/reviewing various commercial contracts including joint ventures, share and asset purchases, etc. He also has the experience of advising clients in divesting their mining business in India.

His practice focuses on corporate commercial litigation and arbitration with special focus on intellectual property litigation, white-collar crimes, environmental protection and International trade law. He services clients from the world of technology, digital media, fashion, luxury goods, logistics, media and the chemical industry in a variety of matters both, in the nature of civil and criminal litigation.

Ashish has extensive experience in defending civil and criminal litigation in anti-corruption actions and has represented various companies faced with allegations of improper payments as well as those under investigation. He also has experience in intellectual property matters and has represented clients in trademark, copyright and patent litigation before various High Courts as well as the Supreme Court of India apart from appearing before other specialized tribunals.

In addition, Ashish is also actively involved with the practice of international trade law advising a range of exporters, chambers of associations, importers and user associations in several trade remedy investigations carried out by the Government of India. Ashish has been ranked as the ‘Next Generation Partner’ in the field of WTO and International Trade Law.

A.T. Chandirasekaran specializes in the practice of Real Estate. He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (B.L.) from the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai and is enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu since October 2002.

Kishore joined the litigation team of Dua Associates, Chennai, in 2010.   He handles advisory and dispute resolution relating to civil, writ, company, commercial, debt recovery and IPR. He also handles commercial arbitration disputes including disputes relating to infrastructure contracts , including contracts relating to design and construction of metro rail stations and tunneling works, power plants and other such public utility projects.

Kishore holds a B.S.L. L.L.B degree from the University of Pune, ILS Law College at Pune. He also has a Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Law from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

B. Sriram Reddy (M.A. LLB) enrolled as Advocate in 2000, joined Dua Associates in 2013.  He has exposure in handling clients independently and providing services to the clients on their requirements. He has vast experience in conducting exclusive title Due Diligence for all kinds of Real Estate projects, appearing in N.C.L.T., Revenue Tribunals, Civil Courts and High Court and presenting the general, commercial and corporate Litigation.

B.G. Gaurav Mandappa is a Senior Associate based out of Bengaluru and represents Clients before the High Court of Karnataka and the Trial Courts in civil, commercial, criminal and property disputes. He also represents Clients before the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Consumer Forums and State Commission, Family Courts and the Karnataka Medical Council.

Bhuvana S.P., has graduated law from Seshadripuram Law College, Bangalore, affiliated to Bangalore University, in the year 2011. She has attained her post-graduation degree i.e., – LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from Mukta Gangotri, Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, in the year 2015. She is currently enrolled with the Karnataka State Bar Council. She is a Senior Associate and her main areas of practice are Real Estate Advisory and Litigation. She has in-depth knowledge and proficiency in local laws relating to real estate and has conducted title due diligence of various residential and commercial properties. She also has experience in legal drafting which includes pleadings and conveyance documents. Additionally, she has experience in drafting and vetting of commercial contracts and documentation.

Mohan’s practice focuses on civil matters like Injunction suits, suits for specific performance,  possession, declaration, partition and such other Civil, Consumer and Criminal matters involving Indian Penal Code, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Forest Laws, Environmental laws. He also has experience in various aspects  of  Revenue matters. Mohan is well versed in writs, appeals and all types of criminal matters both in the Trial Courts and Appellate Courts including the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka, at Bengaluru.

Srinivas  currently practices in various areas of corporate law.  He specializes in mergers & acquisitions, infrastructure projects, food-law matters, real estate related laws, intellectual property issues and labour law.

She practices predominantly in the area of Real Estate that includes performing Due Diligence on property (agricultural and non-agricultural land), structuring transactions involving Joint Development of property / Joint Ventures (between developers and landowners), advising and assisting landowners / tenants in the area of Commercial Leases. Her experience in Real Estate practice includes providing legal services for Real Estate projects, investments, finance, purchase, joint developments, lease arrangements, mortgage arrangements, structuring transactions, negotiations, documentation, obtaining registration of various instruments / deeds etc. She has assisted various companies in acquisition of property and banks and financial institutions in verifying the security of the facilities granted by them.

Chandra’s practice areas include project finance, real estate, corporate & commercial laws, contract negotiation and negotiated settlement of disputes. He has acted as lenders’ legal counsel to consortiums of banks and financial institutions in project finance transactions for power projects. Chandra has advised foreign investors on their investments in the real estate sector and has rich experience in advising clients on land use, and development control norms. He has led teams conducting comprehensive due diligence of land across India to identify the title risks and the suitability of the land. He has advised clients in settlement of complex disputes through negotiations. Chandra also advises the not-for-profit sector on the formation of trust, society and Section 8 Company. He is part of the pro-bono initiative of the firm

Charumathi’s practice largely focuses on General Corporate, Private Equity, Debt and Labour Law compliances. She has over 8 years of experience inter alia in private equity transactions, wherein she has represented investors as well as companies in their investment in companies and alternate investment funds by assisting in the drafting / reviewing of requisite transaction documents. Further, she has represented lenders and borrowers in debt transactions (by way of issue of debentures as well as availing of term loan facility, lease rental discounting, inter corporate deposits and bridge financing) in various sectors. Additionally, she has experience in drafting general commercial contracts as well as property related agreements.

She holds a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from School of Excellence in Law, Chennai.

Chethan  joined Dua Associates, Chennai in 2008 and is involved in all matters relating to litigation, corporate work, alternate dispute resolution. His   specialization areas  include debt recovery, banking, and commercial and civil disputes.

Chethan Sagar holds Bachelor of Laws Degree from the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai and enrolled at the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in the year 2008.

Chirag  has been practicing law since 2010 and  primarily focuses  advises on the area of civil and commercial litigation and regularly appears in all Courts and Tribunals including Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi, High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Debts Recovery Tribunal, Delhi, Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, Arbitral Tribunals, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, New Delhi, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, various District Courts in New Delhi and Gurgaon and Consumer Forums.

Besides advising in the field of litigation, Chirag also advises and represents clients in Real Estate transactions which includes drafting transaction documents and undertaking due diligence exercises. He also advises clients on various labour law compliances and disputes.

Chirashree K. is a Senior Associate in General Corporate / Commercial team of Dua Associates.  Chirashree has extensive experience in Corporate Commercial and Finance related transactions including Private Equity, Foreign Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions across industry sectors. She has also handled incorporation of companies in India, drafting various commercial agreements, works contracts and various labour and employment matters etc. Chirashree has been practicing law since 2015. Before joining Dua Associates, Mumbai in 2017, she was an associate at Credit Suisse (Private Banking) (2015-16) and Rao Law Chambers (now a part of AZB & Partners) (2016-17). Chirashree is an alumnus of Symbiosis Law School, Pune and a member of the Bar Council of Karnataka, India.

He is an Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India with experience in civil and commercial litigation. He practices Insolvency & Bankruptcy Law, Arbitration, Banking & Commercial Litigation, and general Civil Litigation. He started practice in the chambers of Mr. Sanjeev Sachdeva (now a judge in the High Court of Delhi) and regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi and various other State High Courts, various National Company Law Tribunals, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, arbitral tribunals and other fore.

Insolvency & Bankruptcy litigation being his primary area of practice, he represents Banks, Financial Institutions, Asset Reconstruction Companies, Creditors and Resolution Professionals before the National Company Law Tribunals and Appellate Tribunal. He also advises Creditors and Resolution Professionals during Corporate Insolvency Resolution Processes and represents them in Committee of Creditors meetings.

He is the author of ‘The Great Repression – Story of Sedition in India’ published by Penguin India in 2019. He is a member of the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association, Delhi High Court Bar Association and Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration.

Having founded Dua Associates over thirty years ago, C.R. Dua is currently the Chairman of the Firm, which has full services offices across top eight cities across India. His responsibilities include providing strategic advice and direction to the nearly 300 professionals of the Firm for its further growth and development, including providing long term vision. He engages with the 73 partners of the firm, its executive committee and sub-committees towards ensuring that the practice continues to retain its recognized  leadership  position  with  its  diverse  client  base,  which  includes  individuals, privately-owned businesses, public-sector enterprises and publicly-listed companies as well as many multinational organizations and readily recognizable brand names from the U.S., Europe, Japan and the ASEAN.

Since its inception in the 1980s the Firm led by C.R. Dua has been at the forefront of Indian economic liberalization by representing overseas businesses and negotiating and structuring their inbound investments.  He pioneered the representation of major international oil companies Chevron, Texaco and Shell in the Bombay High and  thereafter, the Firm advised major US corporations’ foray into India like General Electric, General Motors, AT&T, Power Gen, McDonald’s, Timex and 3M Corporation amongst others.  The firm under C.R. Dua also represented the initial influx of major companies from Japan including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toshiba and Mitsui & Co. In fact, he  was a part of the five-member Government delegation in the early nineties that initiated the Government’s endeavor to market India’s economic reforms to the investment community overseas.

Chairman Dua’s experience and expertise encompasses a broad range of areas including corporate and commercial law, corporate finance, securities law, infrastructure, public policy and administration, governance and ethics, land acquisition, power projects, foreign investments and collaborations, disinvestments and privatization of public sector undertakings, mergers and acquisitions and exchange control regulations.  Amongst the major representative clients advised include some well known global brand names such as General Motors, General Electric and GE Capital, 3M Company, Chevron Corporation, McDonald’s, Mitsubishi Corporation, AIG, Chubb Insurance, Rolls Royce Plc., Rio Tinto, Linde AG, Estee Lauder, Gilead, Whirlpool, Becton Dickinson, Gillette, Dow Chemical Corporation and DuPont among others.

A key task for  the Chairman , is  in   sustaining the growth  momentum  while strengthening the   firm’s domestic and international network of alliances with professionally recognized bodies in keeping with well-established practices in the fields of law, policy formulation and public affairs.

C.R. Dua sits on the Boards of Indian companies, both listed and private, including Indian subsidiaries of many major multinational corporations primarily representing the interests of foreign collaborators and investors.  He is also Chairman of the Board of   Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited and an Independent Director on the same board. He is a founding member of the American Chamber of Commerce in India and an invitee to its national Executive Board. He is a member of the India Advisory Board of BNP Paribas and one of the Senior Vice Presidents of the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) and among the Chairpersons of Legal Reforms Committee.

Over the last two decades C.R. Dua has been the recipient of several awards as the Leading Lawyer in areas of M&A and Corporate Restructuring. He was awarded the Samman Patra by the Government of India, Ministry of Finance and The National Council of Jurists Award in recognition of his contribution to the development of Corporate Laws in India. In 2018, he was conferred the Award “Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy” for his contribution to the promotion of bilateral business ties between Italy and India. Early 2020, at a high-profile event that celebrated the innovation and achievements of legal luminaries, C.R   Dua received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution and Excellence in the field of law.

An avid tennis player his sporting interests are pursued as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Lawn Tennis Club of India and a Senior Vice President of the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association.

An honours graduate of St Stephen’s College, C.R. Dua also holds a Master’s degree in economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He lives in New Delhi with his wife Amrita and daughter Shreya who is currently pursuing her academic interests in ancient history as an MPhil student at Oxford University, London.

Murali’s  areas of expertise include corporate affairs, mergers & acquisitions, foreign investments, exchange control regulations, real estate and intellectual property. He has substantial experience in legal due diligence reviews, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, venture capital investments and related documentation.

Murali has significant experience in civil, criminal and constitutional litigation before the Madras High Court and is a member of the Madras Bar Association and the Madras High Court Advocates Association

He received a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Madras Christian College

Danish is part of the Competition and Antitrust Law practice at Dua Associates. He has extensive experience in antitrust litigation, advisory as well as merger control matters. He has advised and represented clients before the Competition Commission of India and Appellate Forum(s). He has advised clients on Antitrust Law in sectors such as agrochemicals, oil and gas, insurance, retail, real estate, power, etc. Danish  writes frequently for National and International publications with a focus on Competition Law.

Dharmesh S. Jain, Senior Associate in Litigation team of Dua Associates, has been practising for more than 10 years. He started his career as an Associate in P.M. Shah, Advocate & Solicitor . He has worked on various kinds of matters involving interesting questions of law relating Insolvency & Bankruptcy matters, Arbitration arising out of commercial contracts, Consumer matters, Commercial Suit, Writ Petitions, Testamentary matter, Summary Suit before Bombay High Court, District Courts in Bombay and National Company Law Tribunal (Bombay), Arbitral Tribunals, and various other forums.

Dhiraj A Philip is an Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India. His practice areas include handling civil commercial disputes, insolvency and arbitration matters before various forums, including the National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court. He has also handled several matters pertaining to OCI cardholders before the Delhi High Court.

Dhiraj Wal is a second-generation Army officer. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Military Academy at Dehradun and was commissioned in the year 1991. After a full colour service of 20 years in the Army, he took premature retirement in 2012 and has since been with the Firm in the capacity of Vice President Administration. He is a qualified HR professional having done a Post Graduate Certification in HR from XLRI Jamshedpur. Dhiraj has also pursued a course in Business Management from MDI Gurgaon. He is a certified Trainer from Dale Carnegie.

Dhiraj is directly responsible for Administration and he and his team ensure implementation of all policies and smooth functioning of all the offices. In addition to his role as VP Admin, Dhiraj is a qualified Food Safety Auditor too. He has carried out minimum of 100 Risk Assessment and Food Safety Audits of Star Hotels of the erstwhile Starwood Group of Hotels in India and South East Asia.

Divya’s practice primarily focuses on litigation, arbitration, anti-bribery, white collar crimes, environmental law, and constitutional law. She is experienced in handling litigation pertaining to corporate transactions relating to amalgamations and demergers, intellectual property rights, contracts, specific relief and environmental laws. She has assisted clients across a variety of industries including chemicals, automobiles, education and print media. She handles a wide range of litigation before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and Tribunals in the country in areas like constitutional law, environmental laws, sexual harassment laws, general civil and criminal laws, anti-corruption laws, international trade laws, etc. She is involved with a Team that advises clients on civil, criminal, and corporate laws and has drafted schemes involving commercial and corporate transactions.

Febin Mathew Varghese is a disputes lawyer with around nine years of experience in litigation. He is an Advocate on Record with the Supreme Court of India.

Febin has represented clients in matters related to Constitution, mining, securities, competition, shareholder disputes, banking & finance, immigration and consumer law. He regularly appears before the Supreme Court, High Court of Delhi, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal and various tribunals. He has appeared for the Competition Commission of India and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India before the NCLAT and Delhi High Court.

Ganapati has extensively represented and advised multinational corporations, financial institutions and major public sector undertakings in related matters. He also practices in the areas of real estate, consumer protection, intellectual property and constitutional law and  regularly appears on behalf of clients before the various High Courts as well as Commission and Tribunal level forums.

Ganesh Ambekar, Senior Associate in Litigation team of Dua Associates, has been practising as a litigation lawyer for more than 6 years. He started his career as an Associate in Thakore Jariwala & Associates (2014-2016), Associate in Dua Associates (2012-2019) and is currently a Senior Associate in Dua Associates (2019- till present). As a Litigation lawyer, he has worked on various kinds of matters involving interesting questions of law relating, Infringement of trademark, winding up matters, Insolvency & Bankruptcy matters, arbitrations arising out of commercial contracts, consumer matters, writ petitions, defending recovery suits before the, Bombay High Court, District Courts in Bombay, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Arbitral Tribunals, and various other forums.

His practice encompasses advising and representing parties in international arbitration matters (under Rules of SIAC, ICC, LCIA, SCMA, UNCITRAL as well as ad hoc) and in arbitration matters seated in India that are conducted pursuant to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. He also advises and represents parties in litigation matters before the courts. He has handled cases arising from transactions relating to Oil & Gas; Infrastructure, Projects & Construction; Power / Energy; Telecom & IT; Banking & Finance; Joint Ventures; and General Commercial matters.

Gaurav is a corporate lawyer with 12 years plus post qualification experience in M&A, PE investments, Real Estate and Corporate Commercial transactions. He has been involved in advising and representing clients in various domestic & cross-border transactions, on foreign direct investments, outbound investments, joint ventures and commercial contractual issues. His work experience includes advising Indian and foreign clients on various issues arising out of the Companies Act, FEMA, FCRA, RERA, Labour Laws, Legal Metrology, Competition Act and other sector specific laws.

Gaurav holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Kurukshetra University; MBA equ. PGDBA (HRM) from Symbiosis, Pune; PGDM (PM & HRD) from Balaji Institute of Management Studies, Pune; Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Meerut University and Bachelor of Commerce (B.COM) degree from Delhi University. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Laws from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

He is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi and Delhi High Court Bar Association.

He is an experienced trial lawyer who specializes in civil litigation and arbitration, primarily in the areas of commercial / corporate transactions, enforcement of intellectual property rights, real estate, and consumer disputes.

George is experienced before the High Court on both the original and appellate sides and also in Company Law-related matters before the Company Law Board.

Her primary area of practice is in IT and Telecom and Media sectors. She provides assistance in M&A transactions, establishing presence in India, corporate structuring and financing, arbitration strategy, general corporate advisory and advise on regulatory aspects especially in the IT and telecom. She has assisted companies on domestic and cross border legal and regulatory issues relating to the provision of telecom services. Gunjan has provided assistance in obtaining licenses and registrations for mobile telephone operations such as the unified access service license, internet service provider license, other service provider license from the Department of Telecommunications in India (DOT). She also graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law Degree from the University of Oxford, Oxford in the year 2006. Gunjan started her career with Link Legal in 2001 and thereafter has also had the experience for about 5 years of working as in-house counsel with British Telecom and thereafter with a GSM operator – Videocon Telecommunications Limited.

She provided advise on interconnection and roaming arrangements, spectrum issues, government tenders, telecommunication commercial contracts, outsourcing contracts, information technology contracts comprising of classical IT and call centre technology, managed services contracts, contracts relating to intelligent networks, equipment procurement, service level agreements, turnkey contracts, value added service arrangements, contact centre technology, document management services, distribution contracts for channels, contracts for securing passive infrastructure and active infrastructure.

Harinder is an expert in IT Infrastructure, IT Security & Compliance and management of IT systems. He joined Dua Associates 15 years ago as an IT consultant to procure and upgrade the IT hardware, software licenses, and streamline vendor management as per SLA and build a robust IT help-desk on a pan-India basis across all offices. Harinder introduced and successfully implemented legal MIS – the complete cycle from client introduction to invoice generation. He recently supervised the upgradation of the IT infrastructure and backup solution to hybrid model.

Hetal has been practicing in Civil, Appellate and Original Jurisdiction of the Bombay High Court and  doing both litigation and non-litigation matters.

His experience encompasses : General Litigation – disputes related to property matters, commercial disputes including arbitration; Intellectual Property matters, (Copyright and Trademarks matters, both litigation and non-litigation), including IPR related documents; Mergers and Acquisitions, development & redevelopment documentations, legal opinions  and due diligence, commercial agreements like Share Subscription  and general agreements.

Hetal  is a solicitor at Bombay High Court and solicitor at London and Wales ( non-practicing)  . Prior to joining Dua Associates,  he started the firm of Thakore Jariwala & Associates and was previously also  associated with M/s Kanga & Co. for five years.

Himanshu specialises in Litigation and Arbitration (Domestic and International) and part of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He holds an LL.M with a specialisation in Litigation and Dispute Resolution from University College London (UCL). He also holds a B.A and an LL.B from Symbiosis International University, India.

Iqbal is a corporate lawyer with 12 years PQE and an active member of several practice groups including Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital, the Technology Practice Group. Start-Up & Emerging Company Services.

He has advised on several high profile cross-border and domestic acquisitions, representing buyers, sellers, vendors, lenders, investors and financial advisors. He has advised his clients on a wide range of issues relating to acquisitions, collaborations, structuring (including entry and exit strategies), regulatory trends and compliances, strategic issues and developments in a variety of industry sectors such as manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, hospitality, education, financial services, real estate and IT sector. He has advised various private equity funds in their investment in companies engaged in various sectors. The clients benefit from his diverse experience and expertise, and particularly his commercial approach and problem solving capabilities.

Prior to joining the firm in October 2016, Iqbal was global assistant general counsel of a leading technology firm and has also worked at senior positions in corporate/M&A practice groups of leading law firms of India.

Iqbal holds a Bachelors degree in Law from the University of Kashmir; a Masters degree from the Bristol Law School, UK. He has also attended a leadership education programme at Harvard Law School. He obtained scholarship from the British Government for his studies at the Bristol Law School.

He is a member of the Bar Council of India and Supreme Court Bar Association.

Jacob is a lawyer with over 9 years of experience as a general legal counsel, seven of which have been with Dua Associates, Bengaluru. Skilled in drafting legal documentation, he has been  providing legal advice on a range of issues including corporate, employment, intellectual property, technology, and real estate laws. In addition to legal advisory, Jacob has represented clients in contentious matters, driving client strategy in dispute resolutions including negotiated settlements.

Janini practices primarily in the areas of general corporate and commercial law with a specific emphasis on food and such other related laws. She has been extensively involved in advising food businesses in India on the manner in which the food products proposed to be introduced by them, must be in compliance with the applicable provisions of the food related laws, extending from the composition of the products, the packaging, labeling, licensing and other related aspects. She is also involved in advising operators on other related aspects of the food business such as drafting and negotiating relevant contracts, conducting contests / promotional offers and all other related aspects involved in introducing food products in the market.

She has recently been involved in advising food businesses on the developments in the area of product approvals related to proprietary food products and the manner in which food businesses should manufacture proprietary food products given the recent orders passed by the High Court of Bombay and the Supreme Court. Janini then went on to do a master’s degree in Commercial and Financial Law from King’s College, University of London. She also holds a master’s degree in Business Laws (MBL) from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She has enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Karnataka, India in 2008.

Jaspreet practices in the areas of civil and commercial litigation and appears before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the courts of Haryana as well as handles cases before other courts in North India. She is particularly experienced in the fields of commercial laws, real estate, consumer matters, food adulteration issues and arbitration.

Jay practices primarily in the areas of Corporate & Commercial laws, Legal & Regulatory Compliance. He has vast experience of preparation and validation of check-lists of applicable central and state laws for clients including MNCs, PSUs and companies in manufacturing as well as service sectors. Jay has also undertaken various client assignments pertaining to general corporate practice including advice on matters under the takeover code, setting up of non-profit organizations, and corporate restructuring such as mergers, demergers, buy-outs and strategic investments.

He has also actively worked on various financing projects and is experienced in drafting / reviewing documentation for joint ventures, share and asset purchases and loan agreements.

Juhi Chawla is a Principal Associate in the New Delhi office. Her main area of practice is civil, complex corporate and commercial litigation, dispute resolution and international trade.She has represented several leading corporates, in disputes pertaining to corporate commercial transactions, intellectual property rights, insolvency, environmental issues, compensation claims, constitutional law, government contracts and policies, telecom operations, real estate transactions, regulatory compliances, criminal proceedings, etc. Juhi’s practice spans across all major forums, including, Supreme Court, High Courts, Arbitral Tribunals, NCLT, NCLAT, NCDRC, CESTAT, NGT. Her strength in litigation rests in her ability to formulate and execute legally sound and tactical strategies. She is a part of the International Trade Practice Group and regularly represents and advises clients in trade investigations. Juhi also has extensive experience in appellate and writ proceedings that arise from such engagements. She provides tactical and advisory support in commercial contracts as well.

Jyoti  is a solicitor from Bombay Incorporated Law Society. She has been practicing in Civil, Appellate and Original Jurisdictions of the Bombay High Court. She  also practices  in Bombay City Civil Court, DRT, Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Small Causes Court, Consumer Court, etc.

Jyoti  has significant  experience in suits relating to property matters, intellectual property matters, commercial disputes, arbitration, testamentary litigation, Section 138 matters, bank suits, rent act matters, consumer court matters and revenue matters, legal opinion and due diligence.

She has represented International Finance Corporation in its debt and / or equity investments in Indian companies. She has also represented International Finance Corporation (acting as trustee of IFC-Netherlands Carbon Facility) in multiple clean development mechanism projects in India. In addition, she has represented Power Finance Corporation (acting as lead financial institution for a consortium of lenders) in its debt investments in Indian companies.

Jyoti has worked in law firms in Washington D.C. primarily in the areas of international trade, finance, intellectual property, telecommunications, and U.S. securities laws.

She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2001. She also holds an LL.M. degree in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Centre, Washington, D.C.

Kapil Mahajan advises clients on corporate laws, compliance management, fundraising in primary markets, the listing of securities, and compliances related to primary and secondary markets. He has extensive experience in transactional advisory and advises clients on private equity transactions, venture capital investments, and mergers and acquisitions. He has led teams conducting due diligence of target companies and negotiates transaction documents on behalf of the clients. He also advises clients on corporate restructuring with special emphasis on types of investment vehicles and investment options. He regularly advises clients on corporate governance matters.

Kapil has been advising several Japanese multinational companies since 2012 and has handheld them in establishing their business ventures in India. Kapil has also assisted several companies with the closure of their operations in India in accordance with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Foreign Exchange Management Act, and related regulations and the Companies Act.

Kapil holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a Bachelor’s degree in laws. He is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Kapil Saxena has practiced primarily in the areas of real estate, corporate & banking transactions and has been working with Dua Associates since 2007. He started his practice as a litigator in the Supreme Court, High Court and NCDRC at Delhi where his practice focused primarily on commercial & corporate litigation, consumer complaints against Authority for resumption and allotment of property/land, acquisition of land and other kinds of Real Estate matters.

Saxena advises clients with respect to townships, solar and power projects, technology park and other residential, commercial, and industrial real estate projects in India. He regularly assists clients in complicated joint development arrangements involving issues relating to sharing of FSI, sharing of revenue, joint development, change of land use permissions, regulatory laws, stamp duty and acquisition of land. He is having an expertise in handling large scale real estate transactions including those involving FDI in the real estate sector and conducting due diligence on property acquisition, investigating title of properties situated in various States of India.

Saxena holds a Master’s degree in Geography from Jamia University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He has also done his Master’s in Law (Contracts including Mercantile Law) from Annamalai University. He is enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi and is a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association.

He has significant experience in advising and assisting multinational companies on private equity transactions, acquisitions, joint ventures, contract drafting and review, legal due diligence reviews, general corporate law and company formations.

Karan has advised a diverse range of clients in private equity transactions, establishing companies, joint ventures and negotiating other commercial arrangements.

He has rich experience in structuring transactions, conducting due diligences, drafting and negotiating transaction documents for investments / acquisitions in India.

K.B.V.S Dakshina Murthy, a Senior Associate in Dua Associates, Hyderabad Office did his B.L. from Andhra University in 1996. He enrolled as Advocate in the year 1997. He has around 23 years of experience in litigation and has represented Clients in various matters before Lower Courts, District Courts and also before the High Court of Telangana. He has expertise in handling Civil, Criminal and Family matters and has appeared in Writ Petitions and CRPs before the High Court.  He has also dealt with cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Consumer Protection Act and some Arbitration matters.  He is competent to draft the pleadings, conduct Trials and submit the Oral and Written Arguments before the respective courts.

Kritika Sharma, a Senior Associates at Dua Associates, Chandigarh has over 5 years of experience in both Litigation & General Corporate domain.  Litigation – Significant experience in drafting, filing and handling matters before the High Court of Punjab & Haryana, the National Company Law Tribunal and Debts Recovery Tribunal.  General Corporate – Preparation of Due Diligence Reports including Analysis of Title, Approvals, Permissions, Compliances, etc.; Drafting, vetting and analysis of Term Sheets, Memoranda of Understanding, Agreements, Deeds and other related Contracts / documents for various corporate projects; Advising clients on various subjects and matters of legal as well as corporate / commercial importance.

Kunal is experienced in the areas of mergers and de-mergers including cross border mergers, acquisitions, private equity transactions, general corporate advisory as well as litigation and arbitration matters.

He has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating transaction documents including share purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, joint venture agreements, business transfer agreements, etc. Kunal has also advised clients on foreign direct investment structures and entry level strategies as well as several legal and regulatory issues particularly in relation to the Companies Act, 2013.

Kunal also advises on competition related matters including merger control filings with the Competition Commission of India.

Kunal is an avid writer and has published several articles in leading corporate law journals and business newspapers.

Kunal holds a Master of Laws in International Business Laws from Queen Mary, University of London

Kunal Parekh, Senior Associate in Dispute Resolution & Litigation team of Dua Associates, has been practising as a dispute resolution & litigation lawyer for more than 8 years. He is also a qualified Solicitor registered with the Bombay Incorporated Law Society. He has worked on various matters involving Intellectual Property Rights, Commercial Suits, Writ Petitions, Testamentary Matters in the Bombay High Court. He has also handled Arbitrations arising out of Commercial Contracts and also Arbitrations before the National Stock Exchange, Bombay Stock Exchange & Multi Commodity Exchange. He has also handled matters before Consume Forums, District Courts in Bombay, National Company Law Tribunal, Real Estate Regulatory Authority and various other forums. He has advised clients on corporate laws, copyright laws, information technology, data privacy, etc and has drafted / reviewed various commercial contracts as also real estate related documents.

Lisha has experience in handling end-to-end litigation in general and corporate matters, labour related and service matters, consumer claims, etc. She has executed various corporate assignments including issue of report upon review of the corporate filings of the company before the Registrar of Companies, conducted legal audit of entities to verify compliance with applicable registrations, licences, approvals, registers etc . She also undertakes documentation work including drafting of chartered documents and transactional documents pertaining to corporate, real estate and individual transactions.

Lisha has  provided consulting services for a few projects, which involved processing necessary applications on behalf of  clients and facilitating procurement of permissions, licences and approvals necessary for commissioning client projects.

He has handled litigation pertaining to banking transactions, consumer disputes (including matters relating to professional negligence and sale of consumer goods), and intellectual property rights. He has also represented clients in areas such as property and real estate (including title and tenancy disputes, municipal services and land acquisitions), tortuous and accident liabilities, licensing matters (including action and claims for radio and telecom licenses), and labour & industrial laws.

L.K. has defended Public Interest Litigation pertaining to energy supply, environmental law and education. He has also conducted criminal trials relating to economic offences, documentary and commercial frauds, and liabilities arising out of director and fiduciary relationships.

He has been a senior counsel to the Central Government of India, standing counsel for the New Delhi Municipal Council, and has advised various other government bodies at the Centre and State levels.

Manjunatha S. is an experienced Senior Associate who completed his law graduation from JSS Law College, Mysore University, Mysore, in the year 2006. He practices primarily in the areas of Litigation and Real Estate. He has in-depth knowledge and expertise in procedural laws for handling the litigation matters and, knowledge of the local land laws for conducting Real Estate due-diligence. He is well versed in handling litigation matters in different areas of practice such as criminal, civil, marital, labour law, etc. He is presently an enrolled member in the Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC).

He specializes in corporate and commercial laws with emphasis on private equity, debt, foreign investment and joint ventures. He has extensive experience in private equity, debt financing, investment structuring, foreign investment and mergers and acquisitions. He has represented both foreign as well as domestic private equity and venture capital funds in relation to their investments in India and also advises clients on debt financing, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.

He has advised leading funds in respect of their investments in the infrastructure, conventional and renewable power, technology and services sectors including legal due diligence of target companies. Manoj has also been active on the sell side, representing companies in respect of investments made into them. Manoj has represented clients in respect of joint venture arrangements in various sectors including real estate, manufacturing, construction and service sectors. He is well versed with laws relating to foreign direct investment into India.

Manoj has represented clients in the banking and financial services sector including drafting, reviewing and negotiating loan and security documentation and investments in secured debt instruments. Manoj has also represented clients in the real estate sector in respect of traditional real estate services such as title due diligences, joint developments, etc as well as in respect of investments in the real estate sector.

Mayank Singhal is a Principal Associate at Dua Associates, based at the firm’s New Delhi offices. Mr. Singhal concentrates his practice in international trade and investment transactions, corporate disputes and regulatory investigations. Mr. Singhal holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and an LLM degree with specialization in corporate law from the National Law University, Jodhpur. He has been actively associated with the practice of international trade law, advising a range of exporters, chambers of associations, importers and user associations in various trade remedy investigations carried out by the Indian Ministry of Commerce, the US Department of Commerce and various WTO member countries.

M.B. Anirudh is a graduate of law from the University Law College, Bangalore University. He enrolled as an Advocate with the Karnataka State Bar Council in the year 2007. He is a dispute resolution professional advising clients on a wide array of disputes including real estate and commercial matters. He appears before various fora including the Hon’ble Karnataka High Court, Trial Courts, various Tribunals and quasi-judicial authorities. Outside of work he has a keen interest in motorcycling and technology.

Since graduation, Mohammed  has been practicing before various courts and fora in Bengaluru and the Supreme Court of India. He specializes in dispute resolution with specific emphasis on arbitration. As part of the dispute resolution process, he deals with matters relating to constitutional law, corporate law, civil and criminal law. He has handled several high profile arbitrations for Public Sector Undertakings and other corporate clients.

Mohammed graduated in law from Christ College, Bengaluru (now School of Law, Christ University) in the year 2012.

Mohd Iqbal practices in the areas of Corporate & Commercial, with specific focus on mergers and acquisitions and foreign direct investments. The mergers and acquisition practice concentrates on corporate due-diligence and drafting / negotiating of definitive agreements while in case of foreign direct investments the emphasis is on the regulatory aspects of foreign investment under applicable government policy and foreign exchange laws. He has also been advising clients on real estate including sale / purchase / leasing of properties.

In addition to the above transactional work, Iqbal also advises clients on compliances with the statutes, rules, codes and regulations that govern commercial relationships, and provide a legal framework within which business may be conducted and managed. He has been involved in providing such legal framework to clients in the pharmaceutical, oil & natural gas, engineering, and food industries.

Mohit has experience in the areas of commercial litigation and arbitration. He regularly advises multinational corporations and financial institutions on a wide range of contentious disputes including investigations, litigation and regulatory enforcement proceedings in India. Mohit also has expertise in white-collar trials. He is actively involved in litigation in the High Court of Delhi, the Trial Courts, the National Company Law Tribunal, the Debt Recovery Tribunal, the State and National Consumer Forums and the Supreme Court of India.

Mohit has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies with specialization in Finance from University of Delhi. Having graduated from Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 2014, Mohit joined the firm in September 2015.

Munawwar Naseem is a natural resources lawyer with experience in mining, environment and petroleum and natural gas laws. He also practices criminal law and has considerable experience in litigation involving commercial, property, consumer and matrimonial disputes.
His body of work also includes – advising client of IT and ITES Sector and companies and individuals on administrative law and employment issues; appearing as counsel in alternative dispute resolution proceedings – arbitration & mediation.

Munawwar’s experience spans various industry sectors and his clients are individuals, companies, regulators, multi national companies and civil societies. He has significant experience of handling large and complex cases in various jurisdictions and presently playing a prominent role in handling Supreme Court practice of the Firm.

Munawwar has presided over disciplinary committee to inquire into the misconduct of charge-sheeted employees. He is member of Institutional Ethics Committee (Human Research) and member of Internal Complaints Committee of MNCs. He is also in the governing body of an NGO in the field of mental health and is a trained counselor.

His legal practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, in-bound and out-bound investments, public private partnership concessions, infrastructure projects, project finance, capital markets, corporate finance, cross-border transactions, joint ventures, business restructuring and corporate and commercial transactions.

Munish has been involved in infrastructure projects (including EPC, concessions, and operations and maintenance) in energy, oil, gas, power, airports and roads and in other sectors such as insurance, telecommunications, consumer goods, public relations, advertising, business process outsourcing.

He has over twenty years of experience in all aspects of foreign direct investments in India, directly or through friendly tax jurisdictions, structuring business presence in India, protection of intellectual property, regulatory approvals and policy compliance and establishment of project, liaison or branch offices. He has acted for venture capitalists, banks and multinational companies, private developers and Government companies. Munish has advised on general corporate matters including business law implications, company formation, legal due diligence reviews, arbitration and litigation. Munish has extensive experience in advising multinational companies in relation to their investments and operations in India and advising some of the Indian business groups on their investments in and outside of India and in their commercial operations. Munish has a wealth of experience in negotiating complex corporate transactions.

Nashia Zaveri has been in Real Estate, Media and Entertainment (IPR) and General Commercial law practice since the year 2015.
As part of Real Estate practice, she has done advisory and due diligence of title of immovable properties and drafting of transactional documents for acquisition thereof and also to various Financial Institutions for creation of security. As part of Media and Entertainment (IPR) practice, she has done advisory work and documentation work involving drafting of contracts, registration of Trademarks and Copyright and has an expertise in negotiation and closing end to end contracts. She has also undertaken advisory and drafting of Wills, Trust Deeds, etc. as part of Personal law practice. Over the years she has also acquired experience in commercial and real estate and media related litigation and for that purpose she has drafted notices and legal proceedings.

She specializes in corporate commercial laws with extensive experience in the transaction structuring, FEMA, real estate, regulatory compliance, debt equity. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from Amity Law School, New Delhi followed by Master of Laws degree from United Collage London, United Kingdom.

Natasha is in particular adept in transaction structuring, offering specialist expertise in areas such as private equity transactions, investments in debt securities and RERA regulations. She has led several high value financing transactions which have typically included in-depth due diligences, securitization, investment structuring, drafting and negotiating investment documents. Natasha has also provided extensive advisory services to lenders on recovery of dues from real estate borrower companies.

Natasha has the experience of working as a lawyer in India and United Kingdom and brings to the table a very ‘built to suit’ approach for lenders, developers, financial institutions and private equity funds.

He is experienced in the areas of corporate and commercial law and has advised on a broad spectrum of matters, ranging from general corporate advice, corporate governance, company formations, contract law, foreign exchange laws and regulations to acquisitions and takeover code issues. He has advised a diverse range of clients in evaluating business options, restructuring companies, establishing joint ventures and negotiating other commercial arrangements including business transfer and asset transfer agreements. He has been actively involved in advising clients on mining laws, defense and telecommunications laws and has assisted some of the world leaders in these sectors. He also has wide experience in handling legal and regulatory matters pertaining to implementing foreign investment projects and acquisition of companies both listed and non-listed. He has been sitting on the Boards of Indian subsidiary companies of some of the major multinational corporations.

Neeraj gained international experience in the UK early in his career with Clifford Chance and The Erskine Chambers, the Chambers of Richards Skyes, QC in London pursuant to Pegasus scholarship administered by the Pegasus Scholarship Trust, U.K. He also obtained scholarship from the British Government for his studies at the Cambridge University.

He is a member of the Bar Council of India, Delhi Bar Association and Cambridge Oxford Society.

Neeraj holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from the University of Delhi, a Masters degree from the Queens’ College, Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Laws from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. Neeraj topped the Faculty of Law.

Nikhil Mehndiratta is a Senior Associate in the New Delhi office. His main areas of practice are civil, corporate and commercial litigation, dispute resolution, Insolvency, and Corporate and Commercial advisory. Nikhil regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, District Courts, Arbitral Tribunals, National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), CESTAT and NGT. He has represented several clients comprising of leading corporates and his expertise lies in handling disputes pertaining to corporate commercial transactions, intellectual property rights, insolvency and bankruptcy, constitutional law, environmental issues, telecom operations, regulatory compliances, procurement of licenses, criminal proceedings, etc.

Nirvaan is a transactional lawyer having extensive experience in complex cross-border and domestic transactions involving mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures as well as inbound investments like private equity, strategic and venture capital. He has worked on numerous finance and capital market transactions including international financing, mezzanine funding, project finance, corporate finance, equity offerings, public offerings and private placements. Nirvaan has also advised on setting up of private investment vehicles and specializes in securitization transactions in India. Nirvaan has extensively advised large corporations on specific projects and on setting up entire operations in India.

He has 10 years of on-ground experience of executing transactions throughout India, especially in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad. Nirvaan began his career with Andersen Legal, the legal arm of Arthur Andersen. He has also worked as a lead associate with Jones Day’s India office, a top tier US law firm, and has let the debt, projects and infrastructure practice at the Mumbai office of Nishith Desai Associates, a leading Indian law firm.

Nirvaan received the Dean’s award and completed his LLM in US and Asian Business and Trade laws at New York University School of Law. He has also completed his LL.M. in corporate and financial services at National University of Singapore, where he was the recipient of the Faculty Graduate Scholarship. Further, Nirvaan has studied International Commercial Trusts & International Shipping Law at the East China University of Politics and Law, Shanghai. He also holds an honors degree in Commerce and is a Bachelor of Laws from University of Delhi.

He is enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi, was a Registered Foreign lawyer, Singapore and is a qualified Solicitor (non-practicing), England & Wales.

Subaya advises clients on structuring of acquisitions, joint ventures and venture capital investments. He also advises banks and financial institutions on transactions relating to external commercial borrowings, working capital requirements and trade finance.

He is currently developing the firm’s practice in the specific area of fast moving consumer goods, particularly foods. He has advised two major players in the FMCG sector in India on issues relating to manufacturing, branding, packaging and labeling of products.

In addition to the above, his practice includes issues relating to information technology, real estate and labour laws.

Mrs. P. Jyothi Krishna is working in Hyderabad Office as a Senior Associate in the firm.  She obtained L.L.B from Osmania University in the year 2000 and L.L.M from Osmania University in the year 2002. She enrolled in the Bar Council of the State of Andhra Pradesh in 2001. She has been working on real estate and litigation matters since September 2007. Her area of practice in litigation includes arbitration and family matters. She also has experience in carrying out title due diligence and giving counseling to the parties in family matters.

Paritosh has been practicing law since 2012. Since 2015 he has been a key part of the Japan focused practice group within the firm. In this  period , he has advised several large Indian and foreign corporates. His practice areas include general corporate & commercial laws, labour  and  industrial laws, foreign investment laws , with a focus on India-entry / exit strategy and commencement of India-based operations. His other focus areas are  M&A and intellectual property &  information technology laws including cross border / domestic licensing, data privacy & protection, policy and transaction advisory.

Mr. Pawan Chopra is the former Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. During his almost four-decade distinguished career with the Indian Administrative Service, he held important portfolios in Government in a broad range of industries and ministries including the position of Additional Secretary at the Cabinet Secretariat – which assists the Prime Minister in policy coordination across Ministries. His experience includes coordination of policy initiatives in various infrastructure sectors including telecom, power, ports and highways, as well as a stint in the Health Ministry followed by work on health issues at Oxford University. He has also had extensive hands-on experience relating to economic reforms and development, particularly in the areas of trade, foreign direct investment, privatization, the design and installation of regulatory frameworks and arbitration for dispute resolution. Mr. Chopra was instrumental in drafting and implementing export and taxation policies to foster competitive environments and mechanisms for quick dispute resolution to promote and support the expansion of India’s international trade. Mr. Chopra also has extensive experience with multilateral international organizations including the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, the World Health Organization, and United Nations agencies such as UNDP, UNICEF, UNCTAD, UNDCP, UNDP and UNESCO. He has represented India in bilateral negotiations of sectoral trade and cooperation matters.

Mr. Chopra attended the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University and was a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford. He holds an MSc in physics and an LLB from Delhi University is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi and a Fellow and Member of the Indian Council of Arbitration.

Pearl Taneja is an Associate at Dua Associates and has been practicing law since 2016. Pearl is a corporate lawyer practising primarily in the areas of company law, securities law, regulatory law and policy, corporate law compliances, foreign direct investment and foreign exchange laws. Pearl holds an integrated law degree of B.A. LL.B from Amity Law School, Indraprastha University, and is enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi since 2016.

Shrikara is an advocate who regularly appears in various arbitral proceedings. He also appears before the High Court of Karnataka and various courts and tribunals in Bengaluru.

He regularly appears in arbitrations on commercial disputes including infrastructural arbitrations. His areas of practice include corporate and commercial disputes resolution, writs, etc.

He has authored a commentary on the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1973. He is a rank holder from the University of Mysuru. He is enrolled with the Karnataka State Bar Council.

Pramod has handled corporate / commercial work such as acquisitions, joint venture agreements, share purchase agreements, incorporation of wholly owned subsidiary companies, drafting various commercial agreements, various loan agreements, works contracts, turnkey agreements, master services agreements, etc. He has conducted due diligence and legal audit related work for various companies including companies engaged in the business of automobile, IT / ITES, chemicals, edible oil, real estate etc.

Pramod has handled company secretarial work including conducting board meetings, general meetings and periodic regulatory compliances with stock exchanges under the listing agreements and work under FEMA Rules & Regulations. He also has experience in labour laws, including labour law compliance and audits and employment matters,
labour law policies, employees stock options etc. He has experience in environmental laws and laws relating to food safety standards. Pramod has been practicing law since 2006. Before joining Dua Associates, Pune in 2006, he was working with ADF Foods Limited, a company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. as a company secretary and compliance officer.

Prashant has extensive experience  in the domain of Alternate Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation and Insolvency Laws and has represented clients before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, National Company Law Tribunals, Appellate Tribunal, Securities Appellate Tribunal and other fora.

He is an LLB (Hons.) graduate from Amity Law School, Indraprastha University, batch of 2007 and has completed over a decade in the profession. He started his career with Dua Associates in the corporate team and worked there for three years post which he joined Tatva Legal. He joined Dua Associates again in September 2017 and since then has been part of the corporate team. He currently works as a Partner in the General Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions team.

He primarily advises on regulatory aspects of foreign investment, corporate advisory as well as corporate structuring and re-structuring with focus on tax. His experience includes advisory in matters relating to foreign direct investment, external commercial borrowings, overseas direct investment, establishment of subsidiaries and other legal presences in India, formulating entry strategies from tax perspective for setting up businesses in India, operational tax issues such as withholding taxes, service tax and value added tax issues. He is also involved in advising clients on a broad range of issues related to the due- diligence for mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures and getting approval from Foreign Investment Promotion Board for various companies engaged in telecom, non-banking financial services, courier services and pharmaceutical sector.

Prior to joining Dua Associates in 2008, Punish was actively involved in litigation held before various forums, Tribunals, Appellate Authorities, High Courts and Supreme Court in connection with the matters relating to Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act,1985, Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 and Companies Act.

Sajive practices primarily in the real estate sector with an emphasis on structuring and documentation of real estate transactions involving foreign investment, venture capital, and joint ventures. He also practices in the area of commercial contracts, specializing in software contracts and commercial litigation.

He practices primarily in the area of real estate and real estate related transactions. However, his expertise and experience also includes civil law, central excise and customs, and foreign trade laws.

Raghavendra joined the litigation team in Dua Associates, Chennai in 2013. He handles litigation matters relating to civil, writ, company, commercial, debt recovery and IPR. He is also experienced in arbitration disputes relating to infrastructure contracts (elevated and underground metro rails, public utilities) and other commercial disputes. His additional expertise areas are  IPR filings, registration and appearances before the IPR examiners.

Rahul joined Dua Associates in 2017  and has since been part of the General Corporate and M&A team. He started his career at Ernst & Young in the risk advisory practice and subsequently did a stint at  Tatva Legal .

Rahul Narayanan is  an  Advocate  on  Record at the Supreme Court of India, and an alumnus  of  NALSAR  University  of  law,  having  graduated  in  2006. He  holds  a specialized  Master’s  degree  in Corporate and  Commercial  Laws  from  University College, London, with a focus on international commercial arbitration and litigation. He was also a student member of the Inner Temple and a registered representative with the Free Representation Unit, England and Wales, dealing with employment law.

Rajat has extensive experience in Corporate Commercial and finance related transactions including Private Equity & Capital Markets, Foreign Investment, Joint Ventures and acquisitions across industry sectors. He has also been handling various dispute resolution matters.

Practicing law since 2013, Rajat has also completed his Company Secretaries course from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India in June 2012.

Rajdeep practices primarily in the areas of dispute resolution and general corporate advisory. His experience includes assisting and representing clients in civil and commercial disputes, insolvency and bankruptcy and arbitration matters related to contractual disputes. He appears before various courts, tribunals and arbitral tribunals across India and has advised clients on disputes having cross border implications.

He has also extensively advised clients on general corporate matters which includes contract laws, employment laws, labour laws, legal due diligence and regulatory matters. He has also advised domestic banks and corporate borrowers on financing transactions, issues relating to banking & finance and foreign exchange laws and regulations.

Dr. Ranjana Kaul is a Partner at Dua Associates, Advocates & Solicitors, in New Delhi, India. Her primary practice includes advising joint ventures and contracts, including company law, FDI, foreign exchange regulations, intellectual property rights and dispute resolution, across sectors.

Dr. Kaul specializes in the international law of outer space and advises on specific issues related to the interrelation between international regulations and Indian domestic policy and regulations, including on participation of non-government entities in outer space activities and relating to commercial satellite services including telecommunications and EO.

She litigates in the High Court of Delhi, the National Company Law Tribunal and Supreme Court of India, as well as conducts arbitration and conciliation proceedings. She has served as Counsel for the Union of India at the High Court of Delhi and Counsel for the State of Maharashtra in the Supreme Court of India. Dr. Kaul specializes in air accident claims subject to personal international air law and relevant national law.

Dr. Kaul is an affiliate of the International Institute of Space Law, Paris and was awarded the IISL 2017 Distinguished Services Award for contribution to development of national space law. She serves on the Editorial Board of Room, The Space Journal.

Prior to joining Dua Associates, she was in private practice, regularly assisted Government in legislative drafting and served as Member, Delhi State Commission for Women. She has been a consultant to the World Bank and the Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations.

She holds an LLM from the Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University, Canada, Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Delhi and Doctorate from the University of Poona.

Rashmi is a Legal Counsel with over 9 years of experience in the real estate sector, having comprehensive knowledge about property laws, leasing procedures, family law, and zoning regulations. Experienced in handling property transactions, her  specific skill sets include   title due diligence, drafting documents for retail, office and residential lease arrangements,  purchase, sale and financing of properties; and  resolving property related title issues.

Ravindra  practices mainly in the areas of civil and commercial litigation. He additionally  has experience in real estate matters. Ravindra  appears before the District Courts, Trial Courts, Consumer Courts, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Revenue Courts, Co-operative Courts, tribunals and other fora.

He is enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa from July 2008.

He is an experienced Advocate practicing before the High Court of Karnataka. His expertise includes civil and commercial matters, specializing in appellate matters, writ matters, arbitration and company law matters including mergers & demergers. He is also involved in real estate practice, registration and other ancillary activities pertaining to real estate.

Rishya’s practice is predominantly focused on domestic and international advisory on private equity transactions, mergers & acquisitions, debt financing, renewable energy and general corporate advisory. He has advised companies and private equity firms on general corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture transactions, venture capital financings, and debt financing. He regularly advises clients operating in industries like e-commerce, technology, renewable energy, infrastructure and FMCGs.

Her experience in Intellectual Property Rights includes trademarks and copyrights prosecution. She also specializes in the proceedings lodged before Regional Director of Companies filed in the matters of unauthorized use of registered trademarks as part of trade name and the proceedings involving disputes pertaining to domain names before WIPO. In addition to drafting, filing and prosecution, she appears before various tribunals and appellate boards of Intellectual Property Laws, across India and provides advisory opinions to the clients.

He worked extensively on matters related to corporate laws, mining law, anti-corruption laws, competition law as well as arbitration. He has significant experience relating to injunctive remedy. He regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, arbitral tribunals and other forums. He also advises prominent international non-governmental organizations having offices in India.

He is a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Delhi High Court Bar Association, International Bar Association, Bar Association of India, Indian Society of International Law, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), Advocates International, Indian Law Institute and Indian Council of Arbitration.

As a panel advocate of the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee he provides pro bono services at the Delhi High Court. He addresses conferences and seminars on civil procedure, arbitration, anti-corruption laws, professional ethics & mentoring and human rights in India and abroad. He played a key role in drafting the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008.

Rohit’s primary areas of practice are Civil and Criminal Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation in diverse fields of corporate and commercial disputes. He  has  extensive  experience  in  Corporate  and  Commercial Litigation and has advised and represented international and domestic clients in litigation in the recent past.

Rohit practices before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts and District Courts  of various States. He has also represented clients in proceedings before various special tribunals and fora, including the Company Law Board, Consumer Disputes Redressal Fora, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.

Rohit is a Chartered Accountant with invaluable experience of 23 years in financial reporting and accounting with expertise in financial management. He has hands on experience in professional consultancy in taxation and auditing. Problem solving and work-related stress management skill make him a sought-after team member. Hardworking and passionate about perennial learning, Rohit manages the HR vertical of the firm, handling the various modalities of this function to improve operational excellence in line with business objectives.

Rohit Tripathy is an Advocate and an alumnus of New Law College, Bharati Vidyapeeth University (Pune), having graduated in 2009 and holds an Honors Graduate Degree from the University of Delhi. Rohit commenced his practice of law in India as an Advocate on the rolls of the Bar Council of Delhi, receiving instructions in a range of contentious and non-contentious matters and represented Clients before the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi (Appellate & Original Side), District Courts of Delhi and other Forums and Tribunals of Delhi. Rohit has also represented clients on outstation Criminal, Labor and Civil matters at Indore District Courts, Bhiwani District Courts, Patna District Courts, High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital and High Court of Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu. He has also advised and represented clients before the erstwhile Company Law Board (now the National Company Law Tribunal). He has represented the Directors of the company in relation to criminal complaints / cases against them. Rohit has also an experience of advising the clients with respect to disputes concerning breach of contracts. Rohit has also represented clients in cases related to CBI trials involving banking fraud and corruption charges and quashing of such charges by the Delhi High Court. Rohit is enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi and is a member of the Delhi High Court.

Roshni has handled real estate transactions including due diligence, drafting of the transaction documents. She has advised clients on corporate laws, industrial & labour laws, foreign exchange regulations, SEBI regulations and assisted in drafting various commercial contracts.

She has been practising as a dispute resolution / litigation lawyer and has worked on various matters involving interesting questions of law relating to PMLA, SARFAESI, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, recovery suits, writ petitions, consumer matters before the Special Court, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Bombay High Court, National Company Law Tribunal, City Civil and Bombay High Court and various other forums.

R.S. Vasudevan is a commerce graduate from Madras University and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.Prior to joining Dua Associates, he worked with leading accounting firms and was also in private practice mainly in the area of audit, accounting and income-tax assessments. He joined Dua Associates in May 2016 and  now heads the Finance and Tax functions of the Group.

Ruchika’s   areas of practice are commercial law, civil litigation in areas of commercial / corporate transactions and enforcement of intellectual property law, intellectual property law and corporate law.

Ruchika holds a Masters of Law in International Commercial Arbitration (2012-13) and Masters of Law in European Intellectual Property Law (2011-12) from Stockholm University. Her book “The Concept of Trade Mark Series: Origin and Implication for the Scope of Protection” has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co.

Sahil is a corporate lawyer with 10 years plus post qualification experience in providing advice to both Indian and foreign clients on inter alia General Corporate, Corporate Commercial, Food, Foreign Exchange, Legal Metrology and Real Estate related matters. Sahil holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Commercial Law from Kings’ College London with academic accent on Corporate Governance, International Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Pune University. He is an alumnus of Sanskriti School, New Delhi. He is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi.

He practices primarily in Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration. He also possesses experience in the area of Telecommunication laws.

He has practiced in the Supreme Court of India and is presently practicing in the High Court of Madras.

Arjun holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Indian Law Society (ILS) Law College, University of Pune and a Master of Laws (International Economic Law) degree from the University of Warwick. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a PGDBA from Loyola College, Chennai.

Salil practices primarily in the areas of civil, commercial and corporate laws, with a strong emphasis on contract law and laws regulating foreign exchange. He is very experienced in corporate and regulatory matters relating to foreign investments, acquisitions and joint ventures including legal and regulatory due-diligence reviews of target companies. He also has litigation experience in the High Court.

Her legal practice focuses mainly on Litigation including Real Estate, Civil, Corporate, Admiralty and Shipping matters and Family law Litigation. She has handled litigation assignments and represented both Companies and individuals. She practices in the High Court, Civil Courts and the Criminal Courts at Hyderabad. She also appears before the District Consumer forum as well as the State and National Commissions.

Sanjam Chawla primarily practices in the area of dispute resolution. She has represented and assisted clients in civil and commercial disputes related to insolvency and bankruptcy, cross border asset recovery, and arbitration matters. She regularly appears before various courts, tribunals, and arbitral tribunals across India. Sanjam also advises clients on general corporate matters which includes contract laws, employment laws, labour laws, legal due diligence, and regulatory matters. Sanjam holds a degree in Bachelor of Laws from Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida. She enrolled as an Advocate with Bar Council of Delhi, India in 2016.

Sanjeev is experienced in the areas of corporate and SEBI laws and has advised extensively on general corporate matters, capital market transactions, merger and acquisition, corporate governance, company formations, foreign exchange laws and takeover code issues. He has been involved in restructuring companies, establishing joint ventures and negotiating other commercial arrangements. He has advised clients in various sectors including telecommunications and defense and also has wide experience in handling legal and regulatory matters pertaining to implementing foreign investment projects and acquisition of companies both listed and non-listed. He has acted as nominee director on the Boards of Indian subsidiary companies of foreign companies.

Previously, Sanjeev had over ten years experience handling company secretary and legal matters for the listed Indian subsidiary of a US-based parent. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Sanjeev holds a Bachelors degree in Science from the University of Kashmir.

Seema Salwan is presently working as a retainer in the New Delhi office of Dua Associates. She practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, projects, infrastructure, gas and energy.  She has worked on real estate development projects, water distribution projects, PPP projects, and has assisted clients in preparing and/or finalizing concession agreements, license agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, RFP, tenders, RFQs and construction agreements.  She has assisted clients in finalizing shareholders agreements, investment agreements, and compliances relating to foreign investments.

Shailendra has advised on cross border transactions involving spin-off / demerger of a Business Unit, acquisition of an Indian public company into the Target Company in which the foreign stakeholder had acquired equity stake from the Indian entity to develop the same as a joint-venture company. He has been advising with respect to the incorporation and structure of the Target Company / JVC bearing in mind the laws governing foreign direct investment being made by the foreign stakeholder in India – structuring the transaction documents to provide adequate control to foreign stakeholder while also balancing the minority Indian shareholders’ rights. He has wide experience in drafting and negotiating transaction documents including memorandums of understanding, term sheets, JV agreements, shareholders agreements, share purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, business transfer agreements, limited liability partnership agreements, services agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, data transfer, data sharing and data processing agreements, domain name assignment agreements, leases, leave & license agreements, agreements to sell, sale deeds, etc.

Sharan Balasubramanian practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on private equity transactions and structured debt transactions. He has extensively advised on private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, corporate-commercial transactions, structured debt transactions, external commercial borrowings, infrastructure projects and has also been involved in legal due diligence exercises, foreign investment advisory and general corporate advisory services. His experience includes advising both corporate and funds in private equity transactions and debt transactions as well as on various legal and regulatory compliances.

He has practiced primarily in the areas of real estate, commercial contracts  (including  Government  contracts   and   those  relating  to  Defence  Procurement  and  Offsets) and   corporate  and   banking   transactions,   advising   corporate  on   operational   matters   including  real  estate,  human  resources, employment and labour, inheritance and family matters for the past 30 years.

He regularly assists clients in structuring complex real estate transactions including complicated leasing and licensing models. In view of more than 35 years experience that he has, Shashi is regularly drawn in by the real estate practice groups of the firm for a sign-off on most real estate matters of a complicated nature.

Shashi is also experienced in the hotel industry, particularly relating to franchise and operating agreements.  He  has  a  long  working  relationship  with the Oil & Gas industry drafting pipeline and refinery-related  agreements  and  advising  on  vital contractual aspects.

He  also   heads   specially  created cells to address Client’s concerns under the Competition Act, 2002 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010. These cells render advice to Clients on day to day operative issues that have potential exposure under these laws.

Ms. Patodia’s practice focuses on Dispute Resolution: Litigation & Arbitration. Ms. Patodia represents domestic and international clients in complex and highly contentious commercial litigation and arbitration matters before various courts and arbitral forums in India including the Supreme Court. In her legal career spanning nearly three decades, Ms. Patodia has represented clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to closely held Indian and foreign companies, in a broad range of civil and criminal matters including disputes relating to environmental law, intellectual property, international trade, breach of contract, specific relief, constitutional and administrative law, company law, fraud and fiduciary duty litigation, joint venture and partnership disputes, Anti-corruption, among others.

Ms. Patodia holds the distinction of having created a specialist practice group at the firm on Anti-Corruption & White Collar Crimes. This has been an additional major practice area for her over the last decade in that she has handled advisory as well as litigation assignments and internal corporate investigations in different parts of India. She has also been assisting and representing one of the firm’s international clients in a leading, cutting edge case on corporate corruption pending in India. Ms. Patodia frequently writes on the topic of corruption and has recently contributed the India Chapter in the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Review, Third Edition, published by Law Business Research Limited.

Ms. Patodia also heads the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group and the International Trade & Customs Practice Group. She is known in the industry and amongst her clients as the ‘go to’ lawyer who provides strategic legal advice and immaculate legal support to clients at all times.

Ms. Patodia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from The Sydenham College   of Commerce and Economics and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Government Law College, University of Bombay, Mumbai. Ms. Patodia is an Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India and is a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Bombay Incorporated Law Society and Bombay Bar Association and is   an Associate Member of Delhi High Court Bar Association.

With over 35 years of experience in the fields of commercial and corporate laws, Shishir brings extensive experience to the development of the Firm’s practice. He brings a wealth of experience gained from working for a broad spectrum of clients which has equipped him with a deep understanding of a range of business cultures from blue-chip organizations to government agencies.

Shishir has extensive experience in advising multinational clients inter alia, in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, Information technology, banking and finance, real estate and labour, employment and industrial law related issues. He is well known for his deal structuring skills and for providing insightful strategic solutions on complex legal issues including on merger control matters.

Shishir uses innovative strategies which achieve transaction excellence by maximizing value and minimizing costs. Shishir provides strategic advisory services that help clients navigate through the complex maze of the extant regulatory and policy framework in India. He is also very actively involved with the US-India Business Council and is the Co -Chair of its legal services committee.

Shivam has been practicing in the dispute resolution team at Dua Associates. He advises on commercial litigation and arbitration in various fora, including the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi, District Courts of Delhi, National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Appellate Law Tribunal NCLAT.  He  has also advised on domestic and international commercial arbitrations including under the aegis of The London Court of International Arbitration, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris and the Indian Council of Arbitration.

Shivam completed his LL.B and LL.M from Durham University, United Kingdom  and University College London,

Shreema’s array of practice involves Intellectual Property Rights particularly Trademarks, Copyrights, Designs and Arbitration & Mediation at WIPO – Domain Name Dispute Resolution) and the other corporate aspects related thereto. Since 15 years she has been actively involved in advising to domestic and international clients on business strategies, ethics, conflict of interest, branding of goods and services etc. involving IPR issue representing various corporations, Law Firms majorly from USA, South Asian countries, South Africa, Australia, Latin America, Middle East and European Union in Trademarks & Designs matters. She holds a Master’s in Public administration  and an LL.B. from Campus Law Centre (CLC), University of Delhi, is enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi. Shreema also holds a diploma in Cyber Laws from the Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune, and currently a Committee member of the Famous and Well-known marks for the term of 2020-2021 in International Trademark Association, a Member of the working Group of Gnso-newgtld towards the formulation of the policy making of the Gnso-newgtld and Committee member of the Internet Committee of the term of 2016-2017 in International Trademark Association.

Siddharth has more than 8 years of experience in arbitration, civil and commercial litigation. He focuses primarily on arbitration work. Siddharth is also an Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India and regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and Tribunals.

Siddharth Chaudhary practices primarily in the area of Real Estate. He started his practice as a litigator in the High Court and District Courts at Delhi where his practice focused primarily on commercial litigation and dispute resolution in Real Estate matters. Chaudhary joined Dua Associates in 2011 and assists and advises clients in structuring and documenting Real Estate transactions. He also conducts due-diligence and title investigation on property acquisition on pan India basis. He advises clients in construction and development projects involving foreign investment in Real Estate, in India.

Siddharth has handled M&A transactions including due diligence, drafting of the transaction documents namely, shareholders agreements, share subscription agreements, share purchase agreements, business transfer agreements etc. He has also handled commercial and consumer related litigation matters including court approved mergers. He has advised clients on corporate laws, industrial and  labour laws, foreign exchange regulations, SEBI regulations and has drafted / reviewed various commercial contracts.

Siddhartha’s areas of expertise include cross border Mergers and Acquisitions, Business and Corporate laws, Property and Real Estate laws. He has been involved in international and domestic transactions, collaborations, mergers, takeover, dispute resolution in commercial transactions and  Foreign Direct Investments. Siddhartha regularly advises on corporate compliances and regulatory approvals.

He has been advising consulting large and midsized corporate both domestic and international clients on structuring, HR & Management policies, strategic alliances, collaborations, joint ventures, legal compliance, procedures and due diligence etc. and has handled clients in various sectors  ranging from Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Infrastructure, Telecom, FMCG, Retail, Real Estate, Hospitality, Sport and Entertainment.

Siddhartha is also advisor to PE funds for their PE and investment services. Backed by extensive experience in Real Estate he has been appointed Chairman of the Legal Committee for CREDAI (Apex body for real estate in India, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India) Siddhartha is also President for CREDAI Himachal Pradesh.

Simran has  extensive experience of  over fifteen years in the legal field,  of which six  years were in litigation and nine in corporate law. Her areas of expertise include Corporate Laws, Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property Rights and Real Estate laws. She has advised numerous clients on corporate transactions, strategic alliances, collaborations, joint ventures, compliances & regulatory approvals, due diligence, and dispute resolution and handled clients ranging from Hospitality, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Healthcare, IT sector, Entertainment and start ups.

She has been involved in providing advice on a wide range of issues from company formation, corporate governance and regulatory compliance to mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, foreign investments, exchange control regulations and securities laws.

She has acted as India legal advisor to major players in the civil aviation sector including international commercial airlines, MRO organizations and ground handing operators in respect of their operations in India.

Sita’s transactional experience has included work in a variety of business sectors such as aviation, publishing, retail, e commerce, ITES, manufacturing, heavy machinery, telecom, real estate, financial services, food and beverages, and oil and gas, where she has acted both for the buy side as well as the sell side. She has acted for international private equity funds as well as strategic investors in relation to their investments in India, and has also advised investee companies on a spectrum of issues including transaction structuring, exchange control laws, and a variety of sector specific laws. She has also advised banks and NBFCs in relation to their operations including acquisition of debt portfolios.

Sita holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from St. Stephen’s College

Sonali is an Insolvency and Commercial Disputes lawyer with over 3 years of post-qualification experience with Dua Associates. She has primarily dealt in matters relating to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, White Collar Crimes, Commercial and Consumer laws. She has extensively appeared before various Company Law Tribunals, Consumer Courts, Prevention of Money Laundering Authority and the Supreme Court of India. 

She graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, subsequent to which she was enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in December 2017.

Tejas is an experienced advocate who appears regularly before the Supreme Court of India, the various courts and tribunals in Bengaluru and Mumbai including the NCLT and DRT. He also represents clients in various Arbitral Proceedings both domestic and international. He specializes in the practice of corporate and commercial disputes resolution. He is actively involved in developing pre-dispute strategy and dispute resolution strategy advisory work.

Sradhananda is a 5th Generation lawyer in his family. He started his practice with Senior Advocate Mukul Talwar, prominently in Delhi High Court. Other than Delhi High Court he has extensive experience in practising before various tribunals and forums viz. NCLT, NGT, NCDRC, APTEL. He was appointed Additional Standing Counsel for the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) in the year 2014-15 and successfully handled the matters for GGSIPU before Hon’ble Supreme Court, Delhi High Courts and various consumer forums in Delhi. He has more than 11 years of experience in Litigation and two and half years experience in Real Estate. Sradhananda’s  area of expertise is Civil, Commercial (Corporate Litigation), Cyber crimes as well Criminal Litigation. He has also handled litigations pertaining to IPR.

He is a Chartered Accountant with significant experience in the regulatory aspects of foreign investment, corporate advisory as well as corporate structuring and re-structuring with focus on tax.  His experience in tax matters is in the area of  structuring, restructuring, acquisitions and mergers of businesses, formulating entry strategies  from  tax  perspective  for  setting  up  businesses  in  India  fully  or   partly   foreign owned, operational tax issues such as withholding taxes, transfer pricing issues, service tax and value added tax issues, joint venture and business arrangements.  His  experience  in  the  field  of  foreign investment includes both investments into India and outward investments by Indian corporate.  He  is also advising clients on a broad range of issues related to the domestic capital markets and due-diligence for mergers, acquisitions, private equity financial investments and joint  ventures.  He  has  also  formulated  effective entry strategies in the power, telecom, information technology and non-banking financial services sectors. Under the aegis of the  World Bank, Sunil has advised on the privatization of the power sector  in  India  and  was  directly involved in one of the first divestments by the Government of India in the domestic sector.

Syed Naserali Rizvi has more than 12 years of experience in civil, corporate & commercial practice.  He has sound knowledge of NCLT proceedings under various provisions of Companies Act and IBC Code. He has handled various commercial arbitration and civil and consumer related litigation matters including MSME proceedings and Court / NCLT approved mergers, Render Contracts, Rent Legislation etc. He has also been closely involved in M&A transactions including due diligence of IPR contracts. Syed has advised clients on Land Laws, Corporate laws, Arbitration Law, SEBI regulations, Society laws and has drafted / reviewed various commercial contracts. His special areas of Practice are Companies Act, IBC code 2016, MSME, Arbitration, SEBI, MOFA, and Rent Act, RERA and consumer laws. 

A qualified post graduate in Commerce and a graduate in Law from Osmania University, T. Sridevi enrolled at Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in the year 2002. Her core area of practice are Real Estates and Civil Litigation.  She has handled Property Due Diligence located in both States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.  She is well versed in Revenue Laws, both Telangana Area and Andhra Pradesh.  She has experience in drafting opinion on given subject, structuring litigation pertaining to Properties and other civil matters and structuring commercial understanding between the parties.

Tavishi practices in the areas of Corporate & Commercial including mergers and acquisitions and foreign direct investments. The mergers and acquisition practice involves corporate due-diligence and drafting/negotiating of definitive agreements and in foreign direct investments the emphasis is on the regulatory aspects of foreign investment under applicable government policy and foreign exchange laws.

Tusi Kumar is advising and conducting due diligence on property acquisition, investigating titles of properties situated in various States of India, structuring transactions and drafting documents. He is also involved in various transactions done in construction and development projects involving foreign investment and rendering advice on matters pertaining to the regulations governing foreign direct investment in real estate, in India. Kumar has notably advised a foreign Company to set up its cash and carry business in different locations in India, advised PSUs on investment in Thermal Power Projects and Solar Power Projects and has advised foreign funds on investment in integrated township projects

His Primary expertise is in the area of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) with a specialization in patents and designs. He has handled patent applications in diverse technological fields including chemical, bio-medical, bio-technological, engineering, electronics and materials. His experience in patent matters includes drafting of provisional / complete specification, prosecution, opposition, filing of convention patent applications, filing of national phase PCT applications, international phase filing though PCT route, ex-parte reexamination proceedings at United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and international patent applications / patents searches including Indian Patent searches. His experience in design matters includes filing and prosecution of design registration applications in respect of articles in diverse fields and filing / defending against petitions for cancellation of designs.

Prior to entering the private sector, he was as a scientist in the Government of India’s Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) and then became the Additional Director in charge of IPR protection and awareness initiatives in the DRDO and later as Consultant, IPR.

He has broad experience litigating for multi-national corporations, financial institutions and major public sector companies in matters including banking, intellectual property, real estate, commercial contracts, and competition.

He practices before the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi and various District Courts and has specialized experience in amalgamations/mergers involving the process of courts.

Ms. Vimla Pinto is an experienced legal practitioner who began her career as a litigator in the courts in New Delhi, in the year 1988. She has since moved to Bangalore and has been associated with firms such as Dua Associates and J. Sagar and Associates. In the year 2004 she consolidated her practice to found VMP Law Chambers, a law firm providing legal advice and litigation support to clients on issues across the board. Currently she has merged her practice with her former firm and has rejoined Dua Associates as a Partner.

Ms. Pinto’s practice involves servicing clients by providing general legal advisory ranging from drafting and negotiating of corporate agreements to dealing with employment issues. Her niche lies in her substantive practice in real estate and property laws and wherein she has advised several developers, multinationals and investors on their investments in property. She is currently advising an Indian conglomerate on its exit strategies for its real estate portfolio in Bangalore.

Ms. Pinto is also renders advise in the Insurance sector- life and general insurance and has rendered advisory services to several insurance companies. Ms. Pinto is also on the ethics committee of an Indian multinational company and advises the company on its protocols for testing of personal care products. Based on her past experience working with media professionals on contracts and IP enforcement, she is currently expanding her practice in the entertainment and media segment.

Vinuth practices primarily in the area of real estate, construction and related transactional documentation and has advised prominent real estate and other companies in India on acquisition of various kinds of property by way of sale, joint development, leases and allotments from governmental agencies for different purposes. He  has substantial experience in  title due diligence, drafting of real estate transactional documents and general corporate advisory work.

He has experience in the areas of financial, legal and statutory compliance, and human resources and is responsible for the effective management of the firm’s eight offices and more than 250 professionals and staff.

Prior to joining Dua Associates, he had over 15 years experience in corporate management including senior positions with several multinational companies.

He practices principally in the areas of indirect taxation, corporate and commercial law, and real estate. He is also working in the newly-emerging field of Securitization in India.

He is a regular speaker on indirect tax issues at seminars organized by the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, the Indirect Taxes Bar Association, the Revenue Bar Association and other organizations.

Zulfiqar has been practicing in Civil, Appellate and Original Sides of the Bombay High Court. He  also practices in Bombay City Civil Court, DRT, Consumer Court, Revenue Court etc. He has vast experience in litigation including arbitration matters, involving property disputes, commercial disputes, corporate / company law matters, arbitration, testamentary, partnership disputes, family disputes, consumer court matters and revenue matters.

He has also done substantial non-litigation work including conveyance of immovable properties, partnership and LLP documentation, varied commercial contracts, family settlements, testamentary documents etc.